Dictionary Definition:
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} mental direct perception that is indicated on this occasion [i.e., in Dharmakīriti's Commentary on (Dignāga's) Compilation of Prime Cognition"" (tshad ma rnam 'grel, pramāṇavarttika)]""
[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang gi thun mong ma yin pa'i bdag rkyen yid dbang las byung ba'i skabs 'dir bstan gyi rtog bral ma 'khrul ba'i gzhan rig/
[definition-eng] Def.:a non-conceptual non-mistaken other-knower indicated on this occasion that arises from its own uncommon empowering condition, a mental sense power
[division-bod] dbye bagzugs 'dzin yid mngon nas reg bya 'dzin pa'i yid mngon gyi bar lnga/
[division-eng] Div.:the five ranging from mental direct perceptions apprehending forms through to mental direct perceptions apprehending tangible objects [the other three are mental direct perceptions apprehending sounds, scents, and tastes]
[comments] Comment: There are three assertions concerning mental direct perceptions indicated on this occasion (skabs 'dir bstan gyi yid mngon): rgyun mtha' kho nar skye ba (production only at the end of a continuum); spel mar skye ba (alternating production); and 'gros gsum par skye ba (production in three types).
